Transcontinental car



B. S. HARVEY TRANSCONTINENTAL cm- Filed March 17, 1924 Q1 TTORNE Y/ Patented Jan. 2@, i925.

E F E Q E rarest BYRON S. HARVEY, OF LAKE; FOREST, ILLINOIS.

TRANSCONTINENTAL CAR.

Application filed March 1?, H24.

T (/ZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that L BYRON S. HARVEY, a *itizen of the United States, residing at Lake Forest, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transcontinental Cars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the ligures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a transcontinental club car, the primary object being to provide a club car adapted to provide two classes of service or service to two separate and distinct groups.

Ordinarily a club car is provided on trains for the comfort. of a preferred class of patronage and it is usually accessible only from the standard type of Pullmans. In certain sections of the United States particularly in the East, club cars are attached to first class trains usually made up exclusively of Pullmans, whereas in the lVestern States, trains carrying first class or Pullman patronage may also have attached second class or tourist cars and prior to my invention, in so far as I am aware, no special provision has been made for the lounging comfort and convenience of the occupants of the tourist car.

My invention contemplates a dual compartment club car spaced into two distinct compartments by a service station which will be located midway of the car and it will contain suitable provisions for dispensing refreshments, cigars, cigarettes, candy and the like, the service station being accessible from either of the two compartments, one compartment being so arranged that access can be had to it from the standard Pullman section of the train and the other compartment being so arranged that access can be had to it from the tourist section of the train so that the car may give a common service to two classes of business. The service stat-ion being in the middle of the car or at least between the ends of the car may be so arranged that service may be dispensed to either compartment by the same attendants and when desired the structure can be so arranged that access may be had from one Serial N0. 99,628.

compartment to the other through a passageway or corridor.

The novel construction and arrangement of the invention will be clearly apparent by reference to the following description in connection with the accom 'ianying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view through a car constructed in accordance with my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a horizontal longitudinal fragmentary sectional view through the middle portion of the car.

The car may be constructed with the usual framing in structure in the usual way and for the purpose of illustrating the invention the car 1 will be described as having a Pullman entrance 2 and a tourist entrance 3 the entrances being at the opposite ends of the car. The Pullman passenger side of the car will be all that between one end of the car and the central serving station 4 shown as built in one side of the car and having a passageway 5 adapted to be closed at its ends by doors 6 and 7 leading into the Pullman passenger section 8 and the tourist passenger section 9 respectively.

At the Pullman entrance end of the car are the usual lavatories 10 and 11 and adjacent to these may be arranged berths 12 and 12-) after the manner of many known types of club cars. The main portion of the compartment 8 however will be devoted. to a space for rows of chairs 14 and 15 arranged in the usual way and at the ends of the chairs may be arranged writing furniture 16 and 17. The service booth or compartment 4: may include any suitable equipment such as equipment for soda water, soft drinks, sandwiches, candy, cigars, cigarettes and the like, the particular arrangement of the service compartment 4; being unimpor taut since its arrangement may be easily varied but I prefer to arrange the ends of the compartment with service counters 18 and 19, one for the compartment 8 and one for the compartment 9 and any suitable auxiliary furniture may be used, for example in the top of the car may be arranged radio outfits 20 and 21, and suitable racks may be provided for magazines, periodicals, newspapers, etc, the main feature of the invention being however the feature of dividing the car into two main compartments for two classes of people and by reference to lOU lOb

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Fig. 1 it Will be obvious that the compartment 9 is provided With rows of chairs 22 and 23, Writing furniture 24 and 25, berths 26 and 27 lavatories 28. and 29 after the manner of the compartment 8, so practical- 1y to all intents and purposes the furniture in compartment 9 will be substantially like that in compartment 8.

It Will be apparent from the foregoing that the'car can be so constructed that a single car will serve the dual purpose of affording comfort and convenience to two classes of patronage Without necessitating the co-mingling of the tWo classes of passengers and that the convenience to bothclasses of patronage may be provided With comparatively small expense, and the same car may administer to the comfort and convenience of the passengers in both ends of the car and by providing the single car With the club accommodations for both classes of patronage, all of the passengers on the train desiring to avail themselves of club privileges may be accommodated.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

In a railway car, a lavatory section at one end of the car, a partition separating the lavatory section from the body of the car,

berths at opposite sides of the car, adjacent to the partition and spaced to form an aisle, and chairs extending inwardly from the berths in longitudinal rows at opposite sides.

of the car, the parts named being duplicated atthe opposite end of the car and the rows of chairs terminating short of the center of the car'to'forma space, a service station lo cated in said space and spaced from a side of the car to form an aisle, and a door on each, side-of the aisle separating the V aisle BYRON S. HARVEY. 

